Thursday, August 8, 2024 | page
Black Voters on the Rise How LDF’s Holistic Initiative is Building Black Political Power at a Critical Moment for American Democracy By Amir Badat, Voting Rights Special Counsel and Black Voters on the Rise Manager and Victoria Wenger, Black Voters on the Rise Attorney This week marks 59 years since the signing of the Voting […]
Thursday, February 8, 2024 | news
BATON ROUGE, La. — Black voters and civil rights groups moved to intervene in a new lawsuit late yesterday that would invalidate the congressional redistricting plan enacted just weeks ago. The map was drawn in response to a long-running Voting Rights Act case in which two federal courts ruled Louisiana must create a second majority-Black […]
Monday, March 25, 2024 | news
State has asked to use discriminatory Congressional voting map in 2024. WASHINGTON (March 25, 2024) — South Carolina should not be able to hold elections using racially gerrymandered congressional districts in this year’s elections, according to a response filed Monday in the case Alexander v. S.C. NAACP. Voters in South Carolina are awaiting a decision […]
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | news
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Black voters asked the Supreme Court to take up a case to determine whether Louisiana will maintain the map enacted by the state legislature this year, which includes two majority-Black districts, following the 2024 elections. The appeal in Robinson v. Callais comes after the Court granted an emergency stay in May, […]
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and co-counsel Neil Bradley, on behalf of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, Fayette County Branch of the NAACP, and ten Black voters, have successfully settled a transformative Voting Rights Act (VRA) lawsuit against the Board of Commissioners (BOC), Board of Education (BOE), and other […]
Saturday, September 30, 2023 | news
Media Contacts Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org ACLU Media, media@aclu.org Kari Elgin, ACLU of Louisiana, kelgin@laaclu.org Washington, D.C.—Yesterday in Robinson v. Ardoin, the challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, plaintiffs filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court of the United States asking for the process of selecting […]
Tuesday, January 7, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the law firm of Cozen O’Connor, and Ronald L. Wilson, a veteran Louisiana civil rights attorney, delivered arguments in a longstanding voting rights case, Fusilier, et. al v. Landry. LDF and co-counsel are urging the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold trial court decisions that cure […]
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) filed a response to Waller County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that LDF brought on behalf of five Prairie A&M University (PVAMU) students who are demanding early voting opportunities like those that the County provides to its older, white residents elsewhere in the County. LDF contends […]
Thursday, July 16, 2020 | news
Yesterday, the Southern District Court of Texas ruled that Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) students and a PVAMU student-organization will have their day in court to demonstrate why Waller County’s November 2018 early voting schedule violated the U.S. Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In fall 2018, the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | page
Black Poll Workers Need Protecting to Keep America’s Democracy Working By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director Black people have long served as guardians of a democracy that continues to marginalize them. This critical and increasingly risky election work mandates sustained investment and support. I proudly cast my first ballot in an American election in the […]
